News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Fallon Deneem Page, 37, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Keitih Starrett to serve 18 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for mail fraud in connection with a widespread compounding pharmacy scheme, announced U.S. Attorney...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Reclamation Regional Director Ernest Conant announced the selection of Mary Lee Knecht as the California-Great Basin Region's Public Affairs Officer. Knecht will manage the region's public affairs including public involvement, internal communications, and congressional and media relations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a high-ranking member of a set of the Bloods street gang will make his initial court appearance today on charges he possessed a weapon as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A high-ranking member of a set of the Bloods street gang will make his initial court appearance today on charges he possessed a weapon as a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - An American man was arrested and charged yesterday in connection with exploiting teenage boys in Laos.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal complaint unsealed last week charges the owner of a Utah trucking company with submitting a fraudulent loan application to get a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan of $210,000 through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Operation Legend, a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative across all federal law enforcement agencies working in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight the sudden surge of violent crime, beginning in Kansas City, MO. Operation Legend was created as a result of President Trump’s promise to assist America’s cities that are plagued by recent violence.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies today approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2021 bill. The legislation contains $71.473 billion in discretionary budget authority, a reduction of $1.7 billion below the FY 2020 enacted level, reflecting the completion of the 2020 Decennial Census.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - On July 7, 2020, a federal grand jury indicted Nahsiem McIntosh, 21 years old, and Derris Lloyd, 35, both of Wilmington, Delaware, for offenses related to the May 31, 2020, burglary of the American Sportsman, a federal firearms dealer in Newark, Delaware.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - July 8, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Nearly half of female homicide victims in the U.S.are killed by a current or former male intimate partner (CDC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: American Man Charged with Exploiting Children in Laos.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - Thomas Winkelbach, 79, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty today to one count of sexual exploitation of a minor for taking sexually explicit photos of the victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that Hope Hospice has agreed to pay the United States $3.2 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE for hospice care provided to beneficiaries who did not qualify...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Gilberto Marchese, 38 of Lockport, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment and a fine of $1,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Framingham man, who was previously convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor, was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with illegally selling ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. -An Essex County, New Jersey, man has been arrested and charged with running a large, multi-state car theft and fraud ring, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the non-partisan, independent Government Accountability Office released a report on the federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS):
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - July 8, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - James Henry, 51, of Nashua, pleaded guilty in federal court to attempted possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
